Dancers Pose

Natarajasana

Dancers Pose is a glorious heart opening posture that challenges your balance while lengthening your chest and spinal muscles.

Other Names

• Lord of the Dance Pose

Benefits

• Stretches chest, shoulder, thigh, and abdominal muscles

• Strengthens leg, ankle, back, and gluteal muscles

• Improves balance and focus

• Increases energy and warms the body

Contraindications

• Shoulder injury

• Low blood pressure

• Conditions that affect balance

• Knee injury

Modifications

• If you struggle with balance you can practice this posture while holding a chair or bar, or with one hand on a wall

• If you are unable to reach your back foot you can loop a strap around your foot or ankle

Chakras

Dancers Pose stimulates the Heart Chakra (Anahata), and the Third Eye Chakra (Ajna), and helps the practitioner feel more grateful, forgiving, focused, intuitive, and free.